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Molly goes into a job interview thinking that there is no way she will get the job. She performs terribly in the interview and is not asked back for the second round of interviews. Molly's experience is an example of _________.

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Answer: it is an example of self fulfilling prophesy.

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A Self-fulfilling prophecy is when someone expects something to happen or predicts that something would happen and then this expectation comes to pass or is fulfilled. This is simply because the person believes in it. It is a socio-physiological phenomenon and the person's behavior often aligns to fulfil the belief.

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